barking up the wrong tree

friend requested me to send a couple of pics to her niece...  she gave me the address <NAME1NAME2>@yahoo.com...

ok...  i e-mailed the pics to <name1name2>@yahoo.com  ->  the message bounced...  : }

i told my friend.

friend:  'did you use all caps?'

me:  'no...  but that's immaterial in yahoo...'

she said she'll try.  she did and it was successful.  she sent me a message:

"hahahaha  all cap <name1name2lastname>@yahoo.com..."

hahahaha...  duh!  that was successful because you used the correct address, i.e., with the last name.  there was no last name in the address you gave me.  try using lowercase and the mail will still go through.

; p

what matters most

cakes on the table...  i get a slice of one...  before trying the other, i ask what it is...

mom:  'carrot?'

me:  'oh...  i don't like carrot cake...'

sister:  'maybe banana...'

me:  'i don't like banana cake either...'

sister:  'ask dad...  he had a slice...'

me to dad:  'what is it?'

dad:  'it's delicious...'

me:  'yup...  but is it carrot or banana?'

dad:  'maybe mocha...'

me:  'that's mocha?'

dad:  'or chocolate...'

me:  'that's not chocolate...  what did it taste like?'

dad:  'it's good...'

me:  'i mean, what kind of cake is it?'

dad:  'i don't really bother about kind...  to me, it's just delicious or not...  that one's delicious...'

; )

up to it

in the news this evening, a clip was aired showing manny pacquiao's reply to a question about the strong punch landed in his head by timothy bradley in the fourth round of the Pacquiao - Bradley 2 (The Rematch) fight held in las vegas april 12.  (pacquiao won by unanimous decision regaining the WBO Welterweight title he lost to bradley in 2012.)

according to pacquiao, that punch made him confident as it showed him that he can take his opponent's blows.

yesssssss!!!  instead of being a downer, the punch became a channel to affirm the recipient's strength...  hah!  \m/

aside from that

my mom's masseuse gave my sister a massage last night...

mom:  'what did <masseuse> say?'

sister:  ''thank you'...'

; )

impressionable

i saw my cute three-year-old granddaughter and she was enlarging her eyes and expanding her nostrils.  i went, 'aw, ugly!'

she retorted:  'you are ugly...'

ooops...  echo...  : }

we should be careful with our words...  especially around children.  they repeat what they hear.  they mimic what they see.  may our words and our deeds be a good one to follow.